Tenure Security Perception Patterns among Amazonian Communities in Peru: Gender and Ethnicity

Zoila A. Cruz-Burga (), María de los Ángeles La Torre-Cuadros (), Iliana Monterroso and Anne M. Larson
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Zoila A. Cruz-Burga: Grupo Sistemas Socioecológicos y Servicios Ecosistémicos, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Av. La Universidad S/N, Lima 15024, Peru
María de los Ángeles La Torre-Cuadros: Grupo Sistemas Socioecológicos y Servicios Ecosistémicos, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Av. La Universidad S/N, Lima 15024, Peru
Iliana Monterroso: Center for International Forestry Research—CIFOR, Bogor 16115, Indonesia
Anne M. Larson: Center for International Forestry Research—CIFOR, Bogor 16115, Indonesia

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: This study delves into perceptions of land and forest tenure (in)security among Indigenous and mestizo populations in the Peruvian Amazon. Despite all having collective lands, the selected communities vary in their formalisation processes. This research seeks to enhance comprehension of tenure security perceptions in the Peruvian Amazon by investigating sources of security and insecurity across key tenure components. A combination of descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses is employed, based on fieldwork conducted between July 2015 and December 2017 in 22 Native and Peasant Communities in Loreto and Madre de Dios, utilising 1006 intra-household surveys, 52 in-depth interviews, and 44 focus group discussions. The results reveal similarities and differences in (in)security sources between titled and untitled communities. The study also explores the influence of gender and ethnicity on these perceptions, finding ethnicity-based variation in security perception over the past 20 years (1995–2015). Recognising these differences in perception is critical for assessing the robustness of exercising acquired collective rights.

Keywords: Amazon forest; ethnic group; land titling; indigenous land rights; multivariate analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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